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65th anniversary a cause for celebration
MCCRAE couple Ian and Barbara Lovegrove commemorated their 65th wedding anniversary on 7 May.
Originally from Glen Iris, the couple retired to McCrae 31 years ago, and still live an active lifestyle. Ian was an accountant who played cricket up until he was 47-years-old.
Barbara was a secretary, who was still playing tennis until she was 80. The couple, both now 88, received a letter from the Queen, Prime Minster and Greg Hunt at the time of their 60th wedding anniversary, but were unable to celebrate it with family and friends due to covid restrictions.
They made up for lost time with a family gathering on Mother’s Day to celebrate their 65th anniversary. And the secret to a long marriage? “Patience, love and understanding”, say the couple.
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Community to have say on telco shelter
Brendan Rees brendan@mpnews.com.au
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire
councillors have given their approval for a proposal by Telstra to install an equipment shelter next to existing telecommunications infrastructure in Mt Martha, subject to community consultation.
Under the proposal, the shire would lease a 30 square metre site to Telstra to install a monopole and equipment shelter at Citation Reserve on Nepean Hwy.
The infrastructure would be adjacent to an existing Optus monopole, with Optus’ lease to be varied to allow for the co-location.
Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the proposal at their 7 May meeting.
A report will come back to council once community engagement is undertaken to consider any submissions received and to determine whether to proceed with the lease agreements – which would both expire in March 2029.
The proposed lease area is six metres by five metres, with the site to be fenced to prevent unauthorised access.
The shire’s current rent return on the Optus infrastructure is $39,291.77 annually while the Telstra equipment shelter would yield $19,000 per year in rent.
According to a shire report, the lease variation would be aligned with existing lease terms, “ensuring consistent management of telecom-
munications infrastructure within the reserve”.
“The proposal is subject to planning permits, which Telstra is responsible for obtaining prior to the signing of the lease. This report provides an objective assessment of the proposal, including lease arrangements, site suitability, and compliance with relevant regulations,” it said.
The report also noted that the proposal would benefit the peninsula’s mobile phone network during peak holiday seasons, which “is often unable to cope with demand, resulting in
communication blackouts”.
“The Mornington Peninsula is one of the most bushfire-prone areas in Victoria. The provision of mobile communications enhances the community and emergency services communication capabilities,” it said.
Cr Bruce Ranken supported the plan as a “stronger mobile network coverage matters to our community, particularly for emergency communications to allow and keep residents and services connected during critical events like bushfires”.
“By approving the proposed leases,
the council is prioritising the community well-being, economic resilience and smart infrastructure management while respecting their environmental and local planning policies,” he said.
Ranken also used the opportunity to call on telcos to invest in the shire’s digital connectivity plan as the Mornington Peninsula “still suffers numerous mobile black spots, in particular the coastal and bushland areas, high demand tourism zones and fringe and semi-rural communities”.
The new telecommunications infrastructure comes amid frustration from Somerville residents and business owners who have been advocating for a decade to improve mobile phone coverage in their area.
Last September, Telstra told The News that it was aware of some indoor coverage challenges in some parts of Somerville, and that it was committed to building a new site in southeast Somerville “to uplift coverage in the area and have a project underway to locate the land required to build a new mobile site”.
Telstra regional general manager Jenny Gray last week said, “We continually investigate new opportunities to further expand our mobile coverage in the region”.
“In addition to our proposed new site at Mount Martha, we’re also finalising our plans for another site in Somerville and we expect to lodge our application in the next few months,” she said.
“We’re looking forward to delivering improved 4G and 5G coverage and performance in the area.”
Free will, medical advice for seniors
A FREE information session for seniors will be hosted by the Peninsula Community Legal Centre next month.
The free session will cover wills, powers of attorney, and medical decision making. Speakers from the Peninsula Community Legal Centre and Seniors Rights Victoria will attend.
The Wills, Medical Decision Making and What to Do When A Loved One Dies event takes place at the Safety Beach Sailing Club and Community Centre, 185 Marine Drive Safety Beach, on Thursday 5 June. The event runs from 10am to 1pm. Free transport can be arranged by calling Frankston Council on 1300 322 322, or the Mornington Peninsula Shire on 5950 1605.
To register attendance call Peninsula Community Legal Centre on 9783 3600, email pclc@pclc.org.au, or visit events.humanitix.com/pclcelder-forum-free-legal-informationsession
OPTUS’ existing infrastructure at Citation Reserve, Mt Martha. Picture: Yanni
Man fined more than $6000 for illegal dumping
A MOUNT Martha man has been ordered to pay $6,271.67 for illegally dumping waste in Tuerong. Had he disposed of these items correctly it wouldn’t have cost him a cent.
Last year, one of the shire’s litter prevention officers visited a property in Mount Martha that had a large amount of waste out the front.
The officer advised the occupant to book a hard waste collection and bring the items back onto their property in the meantime.
Before leaving, the officer taped the items, which included two washing machines and a tumble drier, with shire’s signature yellow and black tape.
A couple of weeks later, the same officer was on patrol in Tuerong when he had a “deja vu” moment. There, along Tuerong Road, were the same items still wrapped in shire tape.
In the following weeks, the same offender was identified by covert CCTV dumping waste in Moorooduc.
The Mount Martha man was summonsed to appear the Dromana Magistrates Court in January on four charges relating to the breaches of the Environmental Protection Act 2017 (Vic) and the unlawful deposit of waste.
The Magistrate found the man guilty with conviction and he was fined an aggregate of $1,500, on all charges, and ordered to pay costs of $4,771.67.
“Each year, the Shire spends approximately $600,000 removing dumped waste – ratepayer money that could have been spent on community infrastructure or other worthy initiatives,” said Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh.
“Residents, including renters, get four tip tickets each year. These can be used to book a hard waste collection from your nature strip.
“Most of the waste the offender dumped was recyclable and would have been free to dispose of at any of our resource recovery centres. The non-recyclable material would have fit in his general rubbish bin, had he chosen the legal and responsible option.”
Numerous household items are free to dispose of at shire resource recovery centres –probably more than you think. Check the full list at mornpen.vic.gov.au/recycling.
If you witness or have any information of unlawful waste dumping activity on the peninsula, please report it online at: mornpen. vic.gov.au/dobinadumper or use the Snap Send Solve app.
Telemarketer fined after complaints
VICTORIA’S utilities watchdog has fined a business for breaching a ban on cold-call telemarketing link to the state’s energy upgrades program, with many of the complaints coming from the Mornington area.
The Essential Services Commission issued three fines to Astra Green Solutions Pty Ltd (trading as Astra Green), totalling $69,231, regarding unsolicited calls promoting energy upgrades under the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program.
The VEU program, aimed at reducing energy consumption and lowering bills, prohibits businesses from engaging on cold-call telemarketing and doorknocking without prior consumer consent. A telemarketing ban took effect on 1 May last year with a doorknocking ban following on 1 August.
The commission alleged Astra Green received consumer contact details through unsolicited marketing phone calls conducted by overseas businesses between May and June last year – with many of the complaints substantiated within the Mornington area.
The commission also ordered Astra Green to surrender 28 Victorian energy efficiency certificates which are allegedly non-compliant, valued at around $3000.
The commission’s chairperson and commissioner Gerard Brody said the fines sent a strong message to all VEU accredited businesses that “they must ensure anyone working on their behalf complies with the program’s rules”.
“They can’t outsource their way out of the ban,” he said.
“Telemarketing undermines consumer choice and trust in the VEU program. The ban was introduced to stamp out the practice and the Essential Services Commission is here to make sure it does just that.”
According to the commission, data showed the ban was working with complaints dropping sharply, with telemarketing down 24 per cent and doorknocking down 75 per cent. Where cold calling persisted, the commission said it would investigate and take action to protect consumers.
To report breaches of VEU program rules call 03 9032 1310 or email veu@esc.vic.gov.au.
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Winners and losers in budget shakeup
Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au
THERE were tense moments in the chamber at the Tuesday 6 May council meeting as councillors debated an amended motion on the shire’s operating expenses and community investment funding.
Shire officers presented their 2025/26 draft budget proposal, but an alternative motion was put forward for debate by deputy mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro.
The new motion included cuts to wages, and a requirement to find further “service planning efficiencies”. The councillors were presented with, and voted to accept, an increased Community Investment Funding Program, but it came at a cost, with some programs cut from shire funding.
Pingiaro’s motion pushed for a decrease in employee costs by $5m from the officers draft budgeted figure of $101.54m. Also finding savings was an increase in “service planning efficiencies” by a further $2m on the $3m suggested in the draft budget, increase “service planning efficiencies” to $5m for 2025/2026.
The reduction in employee costs was voted for by all councillors, with the exception of Cr Kate Roper who stated she was “concerned about the employee thing because we are talking about obviously cutting jobs and we’re also trying to improve service, and improve the quality of our service”.
“So I feel a bit like I’m reading Animal Farm; do more with less. I don’t know how we’re supposed to improve performance with so many less staff.”
The overall Community Investment Funding Program in the Pingiaro motion represented a slight increase on the proposed funding, but came at the cost of funding for the arts and environment.
Gone were the funding for Dolphin Research Institute, heritage, and completely wiped out were the “Climate Action Grants and Subsidies” with the suggested $160,000 cut to zero.
“I’m deeply concerned about this motion before us,” said Cr Michael Stephens.
“This represents a shift in council’s funding priorities. If passed, this motion will see long standing and impactful community programs lose their support entirely.
“This isn’t just budget tightening. It signals that Mornington Peninsula Shire is walking away from its
responsibility on climate action at a time when our community and the world needs leadership more than ever”.
“We are not just shifting numbers on a page. We are making a statement about who we value and what kind of future we want,” said Stephens.
Another item cut from the proposed budget was a “Willum Warrain Inclusion Subsidy” of $103,500.
“I find it interesting that we claim that nothing’s being cut, but we’ve not had a discussion about how this money might be maybe better spent within indigenous affairs for this shire,” said Cr Max Patton on the cut to Willum Warrain’s funding.
Cr Patrick Binyon also expressed his concern over the removal of the line of funding to Willum Warrain.
“I think any funding cuts to a programme that works culturally with youth, without considering the social impacts is a concerned,” said Binyon.
“The the funding for that particular programme is obviously to engage our youth and as an educator myself, I find it concerning if we do cut something that is fundamental to indigenous people.”
Another casualty in the Pingiaro’s motion was the cutting of “Creative and Performing Arts” completely.
Patton asked officers if that would impact the delivery of arts and culture
activities on the peninsula and was told “we wouldn’t be able to deliver all of the outcomes of the arts and culture strategy and there would be a reduction in overall arts and culture offering across the shire”.
While arts and culture events would not be able to access the cancelled stream of funding, mayor Cr Anthony Marsh pointed out that events would still be able to access funding through events grants.
Cr David Gill wasn’t buying it.
“This is ideological and will be seen as that in the community,” said Gill.
“Wipe out the arts? Well first you start with no more Performing Arts Centre. That’s gone. Then you get rid of grants. The arts community on the peninsula will be devastated.”
“It’s making a mockery of our community to do it this way. No real investigation. It’s trumped up.”
The meeting got heated with Gill’s use of the word “trumped”; a flashpoint word that is a sign of the times.
“I’ve had two weeks of that. And I won’t tolerate it anymore,” said Pingiaro.
“It is bearing of defamation, and I won’t tolerate it.”
After being warned by Marsh to get back on track, Gill continued “It’s been sold to us as some sort of elixir for what we want to do in our com-
munity. Well, our community doesn’t want this. We’re letting down our community.”
Also on the chopping block was a $9000 subsidy to Friends of Lospalos, an outreach program from the shire to the people of the local government sub-district of Lospalos in TimorLeste.
The program, which has operated for over 20 years, has provided capital works, teaching scholarships, flood food relief, optometry clinics and other programs for the Timorese of Lospalos.
“Regarding the removal of the subsidy to the Friends of Lospalos, I understand that it may not be specific to the Mornington Peninsula Shire, however I would like the councillors to consider that that funding amount stretches so far in Timor,” said Binyon.
“And specifically to the scholarships for teachers in Timor, and I can’t stress that enough. The impact that those dollars actually have over there, it may seem a small amount here, but we do know from my last delegates report how far that funding stretches over there.”
Cr Cam Williams had a different view, saying he believed in “looking after people in our own backyard”.
“I think that goes a long way to looking after our own community,
and I think a lot of the ratepayers in the shire do prefer their money to be spent locally before it goes looking at any other locations that aren’t in our shire. Especially when we are claiming money is very tight.”
Debating the motion, Patton told other councillors “We’ve got a statutory obligation to engage a community in decisions of significance under section 56 of the Local Government Act. I’ve seen no evidence that community, arts groups or indigenous affairs associations have been consulted”.
“Section 9 also requires us to act in the best interest of the community. That means considering equity, inclusion and continuity and cutting all funds to arts and culture, despite it being consistently oversubscribed, contradicts this duty.
“So with this we see the complete abandonment of climate action, arts and culture, and indigenous affairs from this council.”
With a pool of money from Pingiaro’s cuts, a host of other shire programs received increases in their funding.
Receiving increased funding from the motion were cohesive community grants, transport assist, community houses, toy libraries, commemorative events subsidy, senior citizens subsidy, community support centre subsidy, local essential safety services subsidy (legal aid and food relief), and community led safety subsidies.
A substantial change in the Pingiaro motion was an increase in funding allocated to tourism centres on the peninsula and the reinstatement of shire funding to the visitor economy partnership of $200,000. This funding would be allocated to help promote tourism on the peninsula.
When it came to the vote, the motion was voted in parts and many sections were carried unanimously. Cr Patrick Binyon was the only dissenter when voting on the cohesive community grants, Cr Gill voted against the commemorative events subsidy.
More contentious issues were the increase in funding for tourism centres (voted against by Crs Stephens, Binyon, Patton and Roper), the visitor economy partnership (voted against by Crs Gill, Stephens, Binyon, Patton and Roper) and the cessation of funding for the Friends of Lospalos (voted against by Crs Gill, Stephens, Binyon, Patton and Roper).
All items in Pingiaro’s motion were carried.
TEMPERS flared in a tense debate over budget changes. Picture: Supplied
Charities win shire facility fee relief
By Brendan Rees
Charitable groups will now be able to access community facilities across the Mornington Peninsula free of charge, thanks to new changes approved by councillors last week.
Councillors at their 6 May meeting unanimously agreed to update the shire’s community facility hire policy in response to community feedback, with the review including scrapping a requirement for a refundable bond from regular facility users.
“Some of us have been working towards this for some time to make hiring of halls by our community fairer and cheaper, and this goes a long way towards that,” Cr David Gill said, adding community halls were an “essential part of the community”.
The new changes to the policy, which aims to “make hire of facilities more accessible in our community,” are expected to take effect from 1 July.
A shire report said the fee waiver would allow the use of the facilities “by those delivering charitable services to more vulnerable community members”.
“This ensures that those in need in our community don’t miss out on services and experiences due to financial constraints. Since the policy was adopted, shire officers and councillors have sought and listened to feedback from the community, to ensure the aims of the policy are being met,” it said.
Removing a requirement for a bond payment will apply to “community, regular hirers” with the “risk of a breach of the community facilities terms and conditions is very low in this group of hirers due to this long-term relationship and their care for their local facilities”.
Cr Andrea Allen said, “I just think these are fantastic changes for the community and something that I’m pleased to see”.
“We had several questions from community groups about the security bonds for hall hire, which are at least $250, the amount of the fees and the fact that some groups were no longer
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eligible for a fee waiver,” she said.
“The fee waiver will extend to groups supporting a free service to vulnerable members of the Mornington Peninsula Shire community where 100 per cent of the audience receiving the service meet the vulnerable definition.
“With regards to the fees, they were actually part of the fee schedule in the April 8 budget meeting, so we now have a new hall community hire fee which is $15 per hour, and that single fee replaces a bunch of primary and secondary hall community off peak and on peak hire fees - the lowest fee of $14 an hour and the highest being $35 per hour, and there’s also some daily charges.”
Gill said it was a huge win for the community, noting it was important for the shire to help where it could, especially with facility maintenance when community groups that own a building may not be able to afford it anymore.
“That’s unfortunate in a sense because they lost control and then they’ve been charged quite considerable amounts of money to use their own halls, so this is a step in the right direction,” he said of the new policy changes.
“I hope that we can look at these community halls as what they really are, they’re the hub of the community,” he said.
“If we look at something like the Hastings Club, we see what really happens when this whole system breaks down and we don’t have an essential building for people of Hastings and that’s happened in other places like Fenton Hall (Merricks North) for parts of my ward.”
As reported by The News this month, councillors decided to allocate $1m to the 2025-26 budget to reopen the building on Marine Pde, which closed its doors last year with the entity that was running now in liquidation.
However, the funding would only apply to building repairs so community and sporting clubs could use the building, not to rescue the liquidated entity, the Hastings Community and Sports Club Inc.
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Ferries launches the Best Friends Ferry Sale
THIS May and June, Searoad Ferries is offering locals and visitors alike the perfect excuse to take a well-earned break — with the launch of the Best Friends Ferry Sale, inviting passengers to bring a friend along for free.
Running until 30 June 2025, the offer allows anyone who purchases a return Foot Passenger ticket to bring a second passenger at no extra cost. For those travelling with a vehicle, simply book a return Vehicle ticket and receive a free extra passenger fare — a great way to share the trip with a friend or loved one.
The 40-minute crossing from Sorrento to Queenscliff offers more than just a shortcut — it’s a relaxed and scenic way to experience the other side of Port Phillip Bay. Step off the ferry and into the charming seaside town of Queenscliff, where heritage streetscapes, coastal walks, boutique shopping, and the Bellarine’s renowned wineries and eateries await. From dolphin sightings on the water to a day of discovery on land, the journey — and the destination — make for a refreshing winter outing.
Marketing Manager Peter Wallace said, “The ferry is better with friends. Whether you’re looking for a casual day trip or a simple way to reconnect, this offer is designed to make it easy and affordable to do something a little different this winter.”
The Best Friends Ferry Sale is available for online bookings only, using the promo code BFFS at checkout.
With daily sailings and capacity for both foot passengers and vehicles, it’s a stress-free and scenic way to catch up, coast along, and make the most of the cooler months.
Beach works may land in court
Brodie Cowburn brodie@mpnews.com.au
A CONFLICT between Frankston Council and a Nepean Highway property owner who allegedly conducted illegal works on Frankston Beach may drag into court.
Frankston Council issued a stop work order earlier this year, alleging the homeowner was conducting construction work without a permit. Last week, Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said the situation remains unresolved.
“The proponent of illegal works on Crown Land has allegedly advised Frankston City Council (FCC) that he will not remove the encroachment and remediate the Crown land and he has retained legal representation,” he said.
“As the issue stands, engineers have assessed the site and Frankston City Council’s cease and desist order is still in effect. FCC and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) have powers pursuant to s 188A of the Land Act 1958 (Vic) to seek a Magistrates order to remove the construction on Crown land if the owner cannot supply a permit. The powers in the Planning and Environment Act 1987 are also able to be exercised by FCC, providing monetary penalties, requirements for remedial action, enforcement orders
and court injunctions.”
Frankston Council CEO Phil Cantillon said “council is working with the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), as the landowner of coastal crown land, to identify a suitable remediation approach that will minimise disturbance and further site degradation.”
After the stop work order was issued, Cantillon said “council has no record of what vegetation has been removed or what is being constructed, however it is now apparent a significant area of vegetation has been cleared and a seawall (and potential retaining walls) are being erected.”
“Works in sensitive coastal environments must be informed by rigorous studies to ensure they do not negatively impact coastal processes, marine ecosystems, or public safety,” he said. “All works and structures undertaken on coastal and marine public (Crown) land require consent from the state government, as well as planning and building permits where required. If the stop work order is breached, council will be forced to consider further action which may include prosecution.” (Stop work order issued at beach, The News 4/3/2025)
Action needed on childcare road - MP
Brodie Cowburn brodie@mpnews.com.au
URGENT action is needed on the road outside Little Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre in Moorooduc after a near miss, Mornington MP Chris Crewther says.
Last year centre staff publicly called for changes to the speed limit on the road outside the childcare centre. The building sits on the corner of Eramosa Road and Moorooduc Highway - the speed limit on Eramosa Road just outside the centre’s entrance is 80kph.
Last week, Mornington MP Chris Crewther wrote to the roads minister
and the Mornington Peninsula Shire asking for action. He suggested a zebra crossing outside the centre could help prevent future incidents.
“A zebra crossing combined with a lower speed is much needed for the safety of kids, parents, and educators at Little Grasshoppers, plus other users of the Coolstores in Moorooduc,” he said.
“The other day kids were nearly run down again, and with Little Grasshoppers I’m continuing to call on council and the state government to take action at the Nepean Highway/Eramosa Rd West intersection.
“This week is National Road Safety Awareness week. All road users are
encouraged to remember those who have lost their lives on our roads, reflect on how we can make our roads safer, and act to make a difference.”
The Department of Transport and Mornington Peninsula Shire were contacted for comment.
Last year, centre manager Sandi O’Shaughnessy said “we run a bush kindergarten program and cross this road at least twice per week, and we see many many pedestrians and cyclists dangerously cross this road.
“The speed limit is 80kph, there is no crossing or even children crossing signs, and cars rarely slow down. It is so dangerous.” (Road risk near childcare centre, The News 27/8/2024)
Honour for passionate community leader
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“It’s making the Rye foreshore inclusive and accessible, particularly with people with a physical mobility issue,” Cheers, a resident of 16 years, said.
“It’s not only about wheelchair users as important as that cohort is; it’s about everyone whether you’ve got a sprained ankle, whether you’re an arthritic knee, cerebral palsy - it doesn’t matter so long as you’re able to sit, for instance, at a picnic table, not having to try and throw your legs over the cross beams. Very simple things.”
Cheers said the alliance was also heavily involved in the implementation of the Rye Foreshore Plan, which included pushing for the extension of the foreshore boardwalk to the south and making it accessible for all.
“We’ve also had anti-graffiti strategies, so we’ve worked with the shire, including getting murals and other things to try and sort of counteract that.”
Speaking of the award, she said she was taken aback but incredibly honoured.
“It took me totally by surprise. I mean, I knew I was nominated, but I just didn’t think for a minute that I had any chance of winning,” she said.
“Even though this award is to an individual, it’s important to recognise that a lot of people gave tremendous support for the projects I was involved in. This includes of course members of the Rye Community Group Alliance, and shire staff in climate change, energy and water, natural systems and project delivery.”
Cheers, who has always had a passion for the environment, said she was inspired to make a difference when she first arrived in town, which at the time “didn’t have a voice”.
“I think that it was sort of identifying a problem and then working out how to solve it in its simplest form.”
As Cheers put it, it’s “just making things nicer”.
CHILDREN cross the road at Little Grasshoppers in Moorooduc. Picture: Supplied
Ambulance response times trimmed slightly
By Brendan Rees
AMBULANCE response times on the Mornington Peninsula have improved slightly from the previous quarter, with 62 per cent of ambulance callouts taking less than 15 minutes to get to patients.
New data released by Ambulance Victoria last week for the January to March quarter showed the average response time for paramedics on the peninsula was 15 minutes and 56 seconds – a slight decrease of 15 seconds compared to last quarter, which was 16 minutes and 11 seconds.
Code one “lights and sirens” emergencies are measured from the time of a triple-0 call being answered to the first ambulance arriving at the incident scene – with a statewide response time target being 15 minutes. But this can be influenced by many factors including traffic, distance required to travel, availability of ambulances and demand for services.
There were 2801 emergencies on the peninsula in the past three months. Compared to the previous quarter, paramedics responded to 60.1 per cent of emergencies within 15 minutes or less with a total of 2912 cases.
In neighbouring Frankston, ambulances response times were slightly improved as well, taking an average of 25 seconds quicker to get to an emergency compared to the last quarter, with an average response time of 13 minutes and 40 seconds.
A total average of 74.3 per cent of
ambulance callouts got to a patient in less than 15 minutes within the Frankston city with 2505 cases.
In Kingston, ambulances responded by an average of 13 seconds longer to get to a patient compared to the last quarter with an average of 15 minutes and 19 seconds.
Kingston had a total of 2030 emergencies over the last quarter compared to 2223 the previous quarter.
Among the best performing municipalities in the state were Horsham and Warrnambool, each taking an average of 11 minutes and 40 seconds to reach a patient.
Ambulance Victoria’s regional operations executive director Danielle North said demand on ambulance crews had dropped by 4.5 per cent in the latest quarter compared with the last three months of 2024.
But she added, “Despite the drop this quarter, we have seen a 31.8 per cent increase in code one cases since the Covid-19 pandemic began more than five years ago,”.
Although this year had brought some welcome relief with crews called to 95,321 code one emergencies, she said.
Overall, performance improved in 45 local government areas.
“We know there is more work to do. We continue to work with our partners to ensure our paramedics, and first responders are dispatched to the right patient at the right time,” North said.
Salvos collect money
THE Salvation Army has been out in force across Frankston and Mornington to raise money for the 61st annual Red Shield Appeal.
Nationwide the Salvation Army hopes to raise $38 million this year. Funds raised locally will “will stay in the local community and will be used to meet the specific needs faced by the most disadvantaged and vulnerable”, the Salvation Army says.
“Earlier this year, The Salvos released their Social Justice Stocktake; a survey which polled over 16,000 Australians and provided national, state and electoral reports highlighting the biggest issues faced by communities. Within the electorate of
High Tea supports a worthy cause
By Brendan Rees
THE Seawinds Community Hub has hosted a sold-out Mother’s Day High Tea, celebrating local mums while raising funds for vital services including a community food pantry.
The event, held at the Capel Sound venue on 8 May, saw 35 attendees plus a team of volunteers gather for an afternoon of lunch, tea, and plenty of community spirit.
A Mother’s Day raffle was also drawn at the event, raising vital funds for the hub’s muchloved community programs.
This includes a community food pantry, playground upgrades used by local playgroups and young families, and other initiatives that support the wellbeing of our community.
The hub is a not-for-profit neighbourhood house offering a range of programs and support services for the local community.
Community house manager Isobel Parker said
the event was highly successful and highlighted how strong and supportive the community is.
“It’s a lovely opportunity for people to come together, connect, and celebrate,” she said.
She said all contributions whether it was a gift card, product, or experience it would “go a long way in supporting our cause”.
“These programs play a crucial role in creating a safe, welcoming, and supportive space - and with your help, we can continue to grow and strengthen them for those who need them most.”
The high tea was made possible thanks to the support of the Andrews Foundation, allowing the hub to offer lunches at an affordable $10 per person.
Each week the Seawinds Community Hub hosts a lunch with a different menu and theme, with occasional special events.
Flinders, it was found that 77.7 percent of people identified the issue of housing affordability and homelessness as the top concern for the community, with the second being mental health (61.2 percent) and financial hardship and inclusion (61.2 percent).
“The Red Shield Appeal culminates in the Red Shield Weekend, May 24 and 25. You will see the local Salvo’s at Mornington Bunnings cooking up a sausage, and at the local Mornington Football and Netball Club as well as intersections on the Peninsula and Frankston area.”
To donate visit digitaldoorknock. salvationarmy.org.au/o/morningtonsalvos
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The change in counting strategy was due to a strong polling first candidate in McKenzie, and a neck-andneck scenario for second between Smith and Race.
The solution, although time consuming, is instead of running the planned 2CP contest, the AEC runs a 3CP contest. And that is what is being undertaken in the electorate of Flinders.
The process involves sorting votes into piles for three candidates instead of two.
Like the 2CP count, ballot papers go into the pile based on who received the highest preference. In practice, this means we set aside ballot papers with first preferences for the three leading candidates, then the AEC takes the ballot papers with first preferences for the remaining candidates and allocate each ballot paper to one of the three leading candidates based on the second preference on that ballot paper (or the next preference available for one of the three candidates). Then they tally up how many votes each of the three candidates have to understand who the likely winner will be, and who the top two candidates will be.
Once the two leading candidates are determined the legislated 2CP count will be conducted, which as always is followed by the full distribution of preferences.
In the 2025 election, the 3CP process is currently being undertaken for ten seats.
DANIEL Taylor and Mornington Salvation Army Pastor Debbie Taylor. Picture: Yanni
COMMUNITY members gather for a meaningful cause at Seawinds Community Hub. Picture: Yanni
Peninsula marvels up for top architecture awards
FOUR standout projects on the Mornington Peninsula are in the running for the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards, showcasing the region’s growing influence in architectural innovation.
The awards celebrate the most inspiring architecture across the state with the winners to be announced at an awards night on 27 June.
The shortlisted projects in Mornington Peninsula include residences House on a Hill, Stumpy Gully House, and The Apple House, as well as Woodleigh School’s Woodleigh Regenerative Futures Studio.
House on a Hill, created by Leeton Pointon Architects + Interiors, sits in a rural setting on the Mornington Peninsula, featuring second hand bricks and concrete, as well as robust materials aimed at longevity, sustainability and reducing the carbon footprint.
The home has been shortlisted in the residential architecture – new houses category award.
Director Michael Leeton said, “We feel honoured to have been able to create this multigenerational home on Bunurong Country on the Mornington Peninsula; land that has been a place of ceremonies, initiation and renewal for thousands of years”.
In Balnarring, Stumpy Gully House, a project by Adam Markowitz Design and Stavrias Architecture, draws inspiration from mid-century ‘beachcomber’ homes, and responds to suburban living for a young, growing family.
It too is in the running for the residential architecture –new houses category award.
“Our design is trying to capture what is special about its unique coastal village location, drawing on the generous bushy setbacks, open carports and low slung, beachcomber architecture that is typical to coastal villages such as Balnarring,” Adam Markowitz Design director Adam Markowitz said.
“Stumpy Gully house is a response to new development patterns on the Mornington Peninsula, which can often be pretty anonymous cookie-cutter builds, built in a ‘fortress’ style with minimum setback and big double garages that close themselves off to the street.”
The Apple House in Merricks North by Sally Draper Architects has been shortlisted in the regional prize,
residential architecture – houses category (alterations and additions).
“The Apple House was designed for a landscape architect and his family abutting their existing Alistair Knox mud brick house. Set within rolling farmland on the site of an old apple orchard it builds on an architectural language specific to this region,” director Sally Draper said.
In Langwarrin South, Woodleigh Regenerative Futures Studio by Mcildowie Partners with Joost Bakker, is up for the educational architecture category award.
“Highlighting the ambition of Woodleigh School to innovate on every level and to set an unrivalled standard for sustainability, the Futures Studio is a carbon-sequestering, solar-powered learning ecosystem that filters pollution, fosters animal life, generates almost zero waste, and provides a dynamic project-based learning environment for students,” McIldowie Partners + Joost Bakker said.
“The project was supported at every step by a deeply engaged school cohort and, more broadly, by the extended community, with local trades, makers, contractors and suppliers all contributing to the vision.
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STUMPY Gully House (above) and The Apple House (right). Pictures: Supplied
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1.00 Bay Of Fires. (Madl, R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (R) 3.25 Grand Designs: The Streets. (Final, PG, R) 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa Georgiadis explores a tropical collection. 8.30 Sherwood. (Final, Mlv)
The various threads of the investigation finally come together as the community looks to the future.
6.00 Eurovision. (PG) 7.20 WorldWatch. 7.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 6. 8.30 WorldWatch. 10.00 Tough Trains. (PGa, R) 10.55 The Lost World Of Joseph Banks. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Military Strongholds. 3.00 Nula. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 Cook Up. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 6. Highlights. 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Eurovision: Access All Areas. (M) Catch all the behind-the-scenes action.
10.00 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes: Seahouses – Les Ferdinand. (PGa, R) Robson Green is joined by Les Ferdinand. 11.10 Atlantic Crossing. (PGal, R) Märtha is placed under enormous pressure. 12.15 Rex In Rome. (Mv, R)
2.05 The Head. (Malv, R)
3.40 Incredible Homes. (R)
4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 4pm Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.30 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.
7.10 Eddie’s Lil’ Homies. 7.25 Bushwhacked! 7.50 Motown Magic. 8.40 Spartakus. 10.00 Tales From Zambia. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: Salute. (2008, PG) 1.35 Out Of The Ashes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Tales From Zambia. 7.30 MOVIE: The Goonies. (1985, PG) 9.40 MOVIE: Hairspray. (1988, PG) 11.20 Late Programs. NITV (34)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown.
A lead-up to the Friday night AFL match. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 10. Sydney v Carlton. From the SCG. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the game.
11.15 GetOn Extra. Lizzie Jelfs, Matt Hill, Simon Marshall and Brent Zerafa dive headlong into the weekend’s best racing.
11.45 To Be Advised.
1.15 The Black Donnellys. (Mdsv)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6am Morning Programs.
8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Animal SOS Australia. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 West Coast Cops. (Mv) Probation finishes for recruits Maggie and Michael.
8.30 MOVIE: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2015, PGls, R)
A young Indian hotelier with expansionist dreams tries to juggle a full house as well as his upcoming marriage. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith.
11.05 MOVIE: Going In Style. (2017, Ml, R) Michael Caine.
12.50 Drive TV: Launch Pad. (R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
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6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R)
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 House Hunters Australia. (PG) A couple search for a house. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists Mel Tracina, Lloyd Langford and Emma Holland join the panel. 9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mlv, R) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by celebrities including Cher, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Josh Brolin. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. (R) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 12.05pm France 24 English News. 12.35 Patriot Brains. 1.30 Planet A. 2.20 Cancelled! 2.50 Over The Black Dot. 3.25 BBC News At Ten. 3.55 ABC World News Tonight. 4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies. 6.15 If You Are The One. 7.15 Jeopardy! 7.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.40 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 7. 1.35am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
Being Served? 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: A Man About The House. (1947, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11. Canterbury Bulldogs v Sydney Roosters. 9.55 Golden Point. 10.45 Late Programs.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs.
6am
The Emperor’s Club. Continued. (2002, PG) 7.50 Bright Star. (2009, PG) 10.00 La La Land. (2016, M) 12.20pm Winter’s Tale. (2014, M) 2.30 Selkie. (2000, PG) 4.10 Lara. (2019, PG, German) 6.00 Paris Can Wait. (2016, PG) 7.40 Bring It On. (2000, PG) 9.30 Fame. (1980, M) 11.55 Heavier Trip. (2024, MA15+, Finnish) 1.45am The Trust. (2016, MA15+) 3.25 Late Programs.
7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Nanny. 9.00 FIA World Endurance C’ship. 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. 10.05 Bewitched. 10.35 Jeannie. 11.05 Seinfeld. 12.05pm MOVIE: Nerve. (2016, M) 2.00 Golden Girls. 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: The Mask. (1994, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Dumb And Dumber. (1994, PG) 11.45 Late Programs. 6am
(PG, R) 4.05 The Piano. (PG, R) 5.10 Landline. (R) 5.40 Australian Story: Birds Of A Feather – The Twinnies. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 7. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Hugh’s Wild West. (R) 11.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Women’s race. 3.00 Heroines. (PG) 3.30 Gymnastics. FIG World Cup. Highlights. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 7. 5.30 How To Lose A War. (PG)
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6.10 Father Brown. (PGa) Lady Felicia asks for Father Brown’s help.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Call The Midwife. (PG) Reggie comes home for a few weeks’ holiday and helps Fred make over the green space outside St Oswald’s church.
9.30 Bergerac. (Mlv, R) Bergerac doesn’t care how many cages he rattles in his quest to find kidnapped baby Lily.
10.20 Hard Quiz Battle Of The Influencers. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson. 10.50 The Split: Barcelona. (Final, Ml, R) Explosive secrets come to light.
11.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Eurovision: Access All Areas. (M) Catch all the behind-the-scenes action, exclusive insights and powerhouse performances.
10.00 The Day The Rock Star Died: David Bowie. (PG) Looks at David Bowie.
10.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Avonmouth To Six Bells. (PGa, R) Hosted by Michael Portillo.
11.30 Homicide: Life On The Street. (Mav, R) Munch takes care of a boy.
2.15 Candidato 34. (Ml, R)
3.00 Incredible Homes. (R)
4.00 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R)
5.00 Eurovision. (PG)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Andrew Ramsden Race Day. Scone Cup Carnival. Doomben 10,000 Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 The Americas: Andes. (PG) Takes a look at The Andes, Earth’s longest mountain range, where baby bears make treacherous descents.
8.00 MOVIE: Jurassic Park. (1993, PGv, R) Genetically engineered dinosaurs run amok in an isolated theme park after a security breakdown. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum.
10.25 MOVIE: Predator. (1987, Mlv, R) A team of mercenaries is hunted by an alien. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers.
12.40 The Black Donnellys. (Mdsv)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 It’s Academic. (R)
5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGl, R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Drive TV: Launch Pad. (Final) 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.30 Young Sheldon. (PGadlsv, R) 2.00 The Floor. (PG, R) 4.30 The Garden Gurus.
6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Holiday Home Makeover With Rachel & Ryan. (PG)
8.30 MOVIE: Quantum Of Solace. (2008, Mv, R) James Bond seeks revenge for the death of a lover. Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko.
10.40 MOVIE: Rambo: Last Blood. (2019, MA15+adlv, R)
12.30 Young Sheldon. (PGadlsv, R) 1.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ma, R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Kelly meets a fluff ball named Jinglebells. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. A Greek couple look for a fresh start.
8.40 House Hunters Australia. (PG, R) A couple search for a spacious, character-filled home with guest accommodation and a workshop.
9.40 Ambulance Australia. (Ma, R) Follows paramedics as they respond to a seven-year-old boy who is gasping for air. 10.40 Elsbeth. (PGlv, R) Elsbeth is summoned to jury duty. 11.40 FBI. (Mv, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00
Sunday, May 18
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 The Piano. (PG, R) 3.30 Grand Designs UK. (PG, R) 4.40 The Kimberley. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Compass: The Breast Decision. (PG)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 The Piano. (PG) Hosted by Amanda Keller.
8.30 Bergerac. (Mal) Bergerac goes rogue with a new lead that brings him into direct conflict with Arthur Wakefield. 9.15 Reunion. (Premiere, MA15+l)
A deaf ex-prisoner seeks revenge. 10.15 MOVIE: Judy And Punch. (2019, MA15+v, R) Mia Wasikowska.
12.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 12.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 3.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22)
6.00 Eurovision. (PG) 9.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 8. 10.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 11.30 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (PGaw, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington. 12.55 Judo. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Gymnastics. FIG World Cup. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 8. 5.30 The Seabees On Iwo Jima. (PGav)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Eurovision: Access All Areas. (M) Catch all the behind-the-scenes action, exclusive insights and powerhouse performances.
12.00 MOVIE: Amazing Grace. (2018, G, R) Charts the recording of Amazing Grace. Aretha Franklin, James Cleveland.
1.35 24 Hours In Emergency: Lead By Example. (Ma, R) An elderly man is rushed to St George’s. 4.20 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.40pm Ben And Holly. 2.05 Paddington. 2.45 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 Peppa Pig. 3.55 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.20 Dino Dex. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Daniel Tiger’s. 5.30 Peter Rabbit. 7.05 Rocket Club. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.10 Abbott Elementary. 9.55 Speechless. 10.15 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pre-game coverage of the match. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 10. Brisbane Lions v Melbourne.
9.00 24 Hours In Police Custody: The Norfolk Narco Cartel. (Madl) Takes a look inside the track of a major police operation that leads to the seizure of drugs worth over $3 million.
10.10 Crime Investigation Australia: Murder And Mayhem – George Brown And Fine Cotton. (MA15+av, R)
11.30 Autopsy USA. (Mav)
12.30 Shades Of Blue. (MA15+adsv, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News Sunday.
7.00 Travel Guides. (PG)
8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.
9.30 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. (Malv) Piers Morgan sits down with Danny Pelosi. 10.30 Footy Furnace. (Mlv) 11.30 9News Late.
12.00 Surf Boats. (R)
1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Drive TV: Drive Car Of The Year. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. The latest elimination challenge is held. 8.15 House Hunters Australia. (PG, R) A couple search for a house but she wants a Hamptons-style cottage with a pool and he seeks a home with character and a toolshed. 9.15 FBI. (MA15+v) Maggie and OA investigate the deaths of two women who were murdered with napalm. 11.05 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Eurovision: Access All Areas. 1pm The Movie Show. 1.30 Figure Skating. ISU World Championships. Part two. 3.05 Jeopardy! 5.10 ABC World News Tonight. 5.35 PBS Washington Week. 6.00 Abandoned Engineering. 7.50 Science Fiction Revolution. 8.50 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 9. 1.35am Letterkenny. 2.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
6am The
Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond. Continued. (2008) 6.55 Sissi. (1955, German) 8.55 Paris Can Wait. (2016, PG) 10.35 Fame. (1980, M) 1pm Speed Kills. (2018, M) 2.55 Murder Party. (2022, PG, French) 4.50 Bring It On. (2000, PG) 6.40 Clockwatchers. (1997, PG) 8.30 Johnny Mnemonic. (1995, M) 10.20 Sirley. (2020, M, Italian) 12.10am Zola. (2020, MA15+) 1.45 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 1.10 Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 2.30 Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 4.00 Stompem Ground: King Of Hearts. 4.25 Electric Lady Studios: A Hendrix Vision. 6.05 Queer & Here. 6.45 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.35 The Frontier. 8.30 Geoff Dixon: Portraits Of Us. 10.00 MOVIE: The Dark Horse. (2014, M) 12.10am Late Programs. NITV (34)
Monday, May 19
R) 11.30 Art Works. (PGa, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (R) 3.30 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 9. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.05 Tough Trains. (Ma, R) 11.05 Lost World Of Joseph Banks. (PGl, R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Death In The Tower: King Richard. (Mav, R) 3.00 Travel Shooters. (PG) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (al) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 9. Highlights.
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program. 9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser. 9.35 Q+A. (Final) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Planet America. (R) 11.40 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 12.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 1.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R)
5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Stockholm With Michael Portillo: Stockholm 1. (Premiere) Michael Portillo braves the frozen waters of the Baltic Sea. 8.25 Bettany Hughes: Treasures Of Albania And The Adriatic. (PGa, R) Albania’s secrets are explored.
9.20 Inside Windsor Castle. (PG, R) Takes a look at Windsor Castle. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Classified. (Mlv) 11.35 Don’t Leave Me. (Malv, R) 1.35 Incredible Homes. (R) 3.35 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: A Criminal Affair. (2021, Mav, R) Savvy Shay. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) Eden delivers some distressing news.
7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) The farmers take the new ladies on a solo date.
9.05 9-1-1: Lone Star. (Mav) Owen makes a decision about his future. Tommy receives devastating news.
10.05 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.05 Suits L.A. (M)
12.05 Treadstone. (MA15+av)
1.05 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
1.35 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
8.45 Footy Classified. (Ml) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.
9.45 Players. (Ml) A look at all the AFL news.
10.45 9News Late.
11.15 Aussie Road Train Truckers. (Ml) 12.05 Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup. (Mals) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00
6.00 Deal Or No Deal.
The Project.
MasterChef Australia.
(Return) 10.10 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.40 Alone Australia. 11.45 Secrets Of The Chippendales Murders. 12.40am QAnon: The Search For Q. 1.35 Big Backyard Quiz. 2.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 4pm Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 The Crystal Maze. 9.25 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.50 Merlin. 10.35 Good Game Spawn Point. 10.55 Late Programs.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 6.55 Clockwatchers. (1997, PG) 8.45 Viajeros. (2022, PG, Spanish) 10.20 Finding Your Feet. (2017, M) 12.25pm Hive.
Tuesday, May 20
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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Compass. (PG, R) 11.00 If You’re Listening. (R) 11.20 Gruen. (PGs, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) 2.00 Restoration Aust. (R) 2.55 House Of Games. (PG, R) 3.25 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Sing To Remember: Defying Dementia. 10.05 The Bridges That Built London. 10.55 The Lost World Of Joseph Banks. 11.30 Dream Of Italy. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 I Am Not A Number. 2.25 Going Places. (R) 2.55 Weekly Football Wrap. 3.25 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Scotland’s Riverwoods. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (al) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised.
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (PG)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 The Kimberley.
8.50 David Attenborough’s Galapagos: Adaptation. (R) Hosted by Sir David Attenborough. 9.40 Australia’s Wild Odyssey: Following The Rain. (R)
10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. (R) 11.15 Four Corners. (R) 12.00 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.15 Q+A. (Final, R) 1.20 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 2.05 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 2.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Patrick Brammall. (Ml)
8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi explores chronic illnesses.
9.30 Dateline: Harrods – Delivered To A Predator. Takes a look at the case of Mohamed Al Fayed.
10.05 SBS World News Late.
10.35 Living Black. (R)
11.05 Snow. (Malv)
12.00 The Lesson. (Mals, R) 2.25 Incredible Homes. (R) 4.20 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. (PGl, R)
The Chase. (R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) Theo is running out of time.
7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGa) Farmer Tom meets families in home town visits.
9.10 Doc. (Ma) Amy and Sonya endeavour to help a teen in need of a bone marrow transplant.
10.10 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.10 Accused. (M) A tech entrepreneur finds himself on trial.
12.10 The Act. (MA15+ans, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
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TEN (10)
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 The Floor. (PG)
8.45 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators: Fatal Relations. (MA15+av) A look at the hunt for Malcolm Naden. 9.45 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues. 10.45 9News Late.
11.15 The Equalizer. (Mav, R)
12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Fish Forever. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Renowned pastry chef Steven He visits. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 The Inspired Unemployed: The List. (PGlsv) The boys are in South Africa. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. (R) 12.05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 12.15pm France 24 English News. 12.45 Homicide. 2.35 Cryptoland. 3.10 BBC News At Ten. 3.40 ABC World News Tonight. 4.10 PBS News. 5.10 Forged In Fire: Best Of. 6.00 Alone Denmark. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 9.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 10. 1.35am Shoresy. 1.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School: World By Night. 4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory. (Premiere) 9.20 Croc Watch. 10.05 Merlin. 10.55 Late Programs.
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ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Ochre And Ink. 1.00 Scotland, Slavery And Statues. 2.00 The Casketeers. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.35 Tales From Zambia. 7.30 Haututu Hunters. 8.30 Unleash The Beast. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.30 MOVIE: Searchers. (2016, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs.
Morning Programs. 8.10 Murder Party. (2022, PG, French) 10.05 Unique Brothers. (2014, M, Italian) 11.55 Johnny Mnemonic. (1995, M) 1.45pm Clockwatchers. (1997, PG) 3.35 Arthur And The Two Worlds War. (2010, PG) 5.30 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 7.30 T-34. (2018, M, Russian, German, Belarusian, Ukrainian) 9.35 Pride And Glory. (2008, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.
6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Q+A. (Final, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 10. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Destination Flavour. 10.10 The Bridges That Built London. 11.00 Dream Of Italy. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (al) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 10. Highlights.
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Gruen.
8.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. A satirical news program.
9.05 Planet America. Hosted by Chas Licciardello and John Barron.
9.40 Big Boys. (MA15+l)
10.10 Mayfair Witches. (Mal, R)
10.55 ABC Late News. 11.10 The Business. (R)
11.25 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 12.25 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 1.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Alone Australia. (M) The survivalists make difficult decisions.
8.40 Mysteries Of Sink Holes: Hidden Worlds. (PGav, R) An investigation into the subterranean mysteries that sinkholes can actually help solve.
9.35 The Handmaid’s Tale. (MA15+) June faces her biggest challenge.
10.35 SBS World News Late.
11.05 My Brilliant Friend. (Mal)
12.05 The Wall: The Chateau Murder. (Malv, R) 3.25 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.55
Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00
NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Fire. 6.00 Alone Denmark. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 The Day The Rock Star Died. 8.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 11. 1.35am Letterkenny. 2.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.45pm Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School: World By Night. 4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Abbott Elementary. 9.25 Doctor Who. 11.00 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.40 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. (PGl, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG)
7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PGl, R) Hosted by Lee Mack.
8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.
9.30 Unfiltered. (PGa) Hosted by Hamish McLachlan. 10.00 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) Footage of headline-grabbing moments.
11.00 Born To Kill? (MA15+av, R)
12.00 Midnight Texas. (MA15+hv)
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
7.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (Mls) Comedy panel show.
8.30 The Grand Tour. (Ml) Jeremy drives the 1479 HP Bugatti Chiron from the south of France to Turin via the Alps.
9.50 To Be Advised.
10.50 9News Late.
11.20 The Equalizer. (Mv, R)
12.05 Young Sheldon. (PGadlsv, R)
12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. In Sydney, teams compete for immunity. 8.40 Elsbeth. (Mv) Elsbeth is thrown into the world of television after the showrunner of a long-running police procedural is brutally murdered in his office. 9.40 FBI: International. (Mv) A member of the team goes missing. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 NCIS: Origins. (Mv) 12.05 The Project. (R) 1.05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 12.15pm France
(Re)Solved. 1.40 Queer
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Belli Ciao. (2022, M, Italian) 3.00 The Movie Show. 3.35 A Handful Of Dust. (1988, PG) 5.45 RBG. (2018, PG) 7.35 The Flood. (2019, M) 9.30 A Most
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7. Relapse in recovery
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9. Reimburse
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2. Boulevard
3. Small measure of spirits
4. Ox harness
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A Short Treatise on Motel Philosophy
By Stuart McCullough
I CAST, therefore I am. Sitting in a motel room, luxuriating in a televisual bounty supplied by Netflix, I had successfully completed a minor technological task and, as a result, felt as though I ought to be awarded a Nobel prize. It’s alarming how little it takes to make me feel utterly elated when travelling – every win, no matter how minor – feels like a triumph not only for me but for humanity more generally, while every false start and fumbling failure feels like catastrophe. Such is life on the road.
Sitting on the motel bed, it became apparent that my entertainment options were as limited as the tiny container of UHT milk in the minifridge. Unless, of course, I succeeded in streaming something from my mobile phone. This felt, if not like the cutting edge, then close enough to the cutting edge to come within stepping distance of the safety barrier, necessitating my being ushered to take a step backwards by someone in an ill-fitting uniform. Suffice to say, I could now see the cutting edge from a relatively safe position… I followed the instructions. I blinked a lot. I accessed parts of my vocabulary that for reasons owing mostly to taste rarely see the light of day. I trained my camera over a QR code and opened a link and, before I knew it, there was a circle spinning that indicated, unequivocally, that something was happening. It wasn’t clear precisely what that was, but
when it comes to anything remotely technological, something is a lot better than nothing. And then it happened. The streaming service on my phone appeared, as if by magic, on the television screen in my room. The fact that I yelled "abracadabra" and waved my hands around made it all the more mystical, to say nothing of the fact
that I was wearing my work cape at the time.
I’ve never been technologically minded. Rather, I’ve been predisposed to delegation, gladly relying on any one of my brothers and sisters who, without exception, are of a far more practical bent. But in a motel room in regional Victoria, there’s no sibling to delegate to. I’m not sure
what the block is, but when faced by the unfamiliar, I’m always worried about what will happen if I can’t figure it out. (The answer, almost always, is not very much; but that doesn’t stop me from worrying).
But my fear of failure makes success both unexpected and all the sweeter. The simple act of casting a streaming service from my phone to a TV screen felt like an achievement on par with reattaching a severed limb using nothing but string and a knitting needle or parallel parking under pressure. For a brief moment, I genuinely felt like the smartest person alive. Or, at any rate, the smartest person in the room. That I was the only person in the room is a minor detail.
More than that, I felt whole. I felt an enormous sense of wellbeing. I felt happy. "I cast, therefore I am", I whispered to myself. Of course, "I cast, therefore I am" is not how the original quotation ran. Rather, it was "I think, therefore I am", which René Descartes apparently said while he was reverse parking his Corolla on a lightning trip to Southland. But I feel as though René would approve of my remodelled version of his quote. That’s because René and I have tonnes in common.
René Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician who, in addition to spitting out catchy phrases that look great on a coffee cup, is widely credited with having invented the mullet. Business at the front, party at the back
and philosophy hovering somewhere above the ears, René was the envy of his peers and a big inspiration to my high school classmates. It was for this reason that I "rocked a René" mullet between the years 1986 and 1989.
Of course, it’s worth noting that René Descartes died while travelling for work. But, to the best of my knowledge, it wasn’t the result of a motel streaming incident as he tried to binge old episodes of "Schitts Creek". Rather, he caught pneumonia after giving lessons at five o’clock in the morning to a disinterested monarch in a draughty castle. It’s a shame. When René Descartes fell off the perch, he was one of the most revered thinkers in the world. And yet, when he became ill, he decided his best option was to avoid medicine and to bleed himself three times a day. He thought, therefore he was, but not for very much longer as it turns out.
Sitting on my motel bed, I searched for a documentary on the life of Descartes but had to settle for an episode of Dawson’s Creek instead. As I sat there, marvelling at the adventures of Dawson, Pacey and Joey, I began to think that I should be willing to try new things more often and to be a little less afraid at the prospect of failure. "I try, therefore I am" might well be my new motto. I also decided that I might try and grow a mullet in honour of René Descartes. He’d like that.
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Strong action necessary to secure Frankston High School building
Compiled by Cameron McCullough
Despite the repeated assurances that have been received from men in high places to the effect that the construction of the new High School building at Frankston would be proceeded with during the current year, there still appears to be considerable doubt as to whether hopes in this connection will be realised.
Disquieting rumors are current this week to the effect that the Mordialloc claim is being pushed in certain quarters, and that the High School there is likely to be commenced before the Frankston building.
It is also stated that Mr. Frank Groves, M.L.A., is displaying more than ordinary activity in urging the claims of his Mordialloc constituents, and as he has something of a reputation as a “go-getter”, Frankston people have good cause for uneasiness.
It behoves Frankston residents to don their war paint and get into the fight without further delay.
Young Street Improvements
In passing along Young st., Frankston, one cannot help but notice the very fine building which has just been erected, and is occupied by Mr. C. Wood, hairdresser and tobacconist, etc. It is a double-fronted shop, with white tiles, set up in front.
This greatly adds to the appearance of the building. The brick work was carried out by Mr. S. Lawrey and the wood work by Mr. A. Corlett.
On the one side Mrs. Wood conducts an up-to-date news agency, where books of every description can be obtained.
All school requisites are stocked and
a library conducted with a splendid array of literature by the best authors, and for a nominal fee the very latest books can be obtained.
The opposite side of the shop is the up-to-date tobacconist and hairdressing saloon carried on by Mr. Wood, who has installed the latest furnishings, also an electric urn for the heating of water.
A marble slab is placed in position and used as a table. These and other improvements are noticeable for the comfort of his patrons.
The best brands of tobacco and cigarettes are stocked also.
A visit to this establishment will be well worth while
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Beach Road Versus Overton Road
At the Council meeting last Friday the fact was mentioned that the Government had made available a large sum of money for road works, with the object of providing relief for the unemployed of Melbourne.
Frankston councillors thought there might be a chance of securing the expenditure of some of this money in the Frankston and Hastings Shire.
The view was expressed by some that the money would be spent in the metropolitan area, and that outside shires would have no chance of securing any portion of the vote.
It was resolved, however, to make application to the Minister on the principle no doubt that if they did not ask they would not receive.
So far, so good. Next came the question of recommending a road to the Minister on which the money, if granted, could be expended.
Cr. McCulloch advocated Overton road, and he was supported by his
Seaford colleagues and a majority of the other councillors.
Crs. Pratt, Wells, Gray and Hutchinson put up a fight for Beach road, which they contended would confer benefits on a large number of people who last winter suffered great hardship owing to the impassable state of this thoroughfare.
Cr. Oates supported Overton road, and argued it was an important connecting link between Dandenong road and the main Melbourne road.
Cr. Wells: There is only one person living on Overton road.
Cr. Pratt reminded the Council of the hardships endured by residents of Beach road during last winter, and said the first opportunity to give relief should be embraced. He believed in the principle of the greatest good to the greatest number.
Cr. McCulloch said it was important to traffic that Dandenong road and Melbourne road should be linked up by the construction of Overton road, and twitted Cr. Pratt with the remark that he (Cr. Pratt) desired to bring the traffic through Frankston irrespective of the requirements of the travelling public.
Cr. Pratt retorted that he was not so much concerned with the requirements of through motor traffic as he was with the needs of their own people, who, in his opinion, should receive first consideration.
Ultimately the resolution recommending Overton road was carried; only Crs. Pratt, Wells, Gray and Hutchinson voting for the amendment in favour of Beach road.
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Mr. H. Stell, proprietor of the Peninsula Motor Garage, Frankston, has installed
a large lathe, also an oxy-acetylene welding plant, which makes it possible for him to repair all classes of castings and machinery by this process.
His experience with this class of work, in addition to the installation of up-to-date machinery, should interest those motor car owners who require repairs executed promptly and at reasonable cost.
The Peninsula Garage holds the agency for the following cars: Hudson, Essex, and Overland.
These are all of the latest models, and a visit of prospective buyers will be appreciated by Mr. Stell.
Watch for advt. in “The Standard” next week. Big reduction in Overland cars. ***
Personal
Lieut.-Colonel Lazarus has definitely decided to accept the position of Shire Engineer and Secretary to the Bungaree Shire.
Mr. Henry Masterton, of “Rubra,” Frankston, has been elected to the executive of the Mornington Racing Club, together with Dr. Greer, the popular Dromana medico. Mr. Masterton is the owner of All Sunshine, Horoscope, Bridgehead and Benefix.
The latter was successful in the Warrnambool Cup last week.
Mr. T. Ritchie, of Mornington, and Mr. F. V. Taylor, have taken a holiday trip to Hong Kong. A cable message received from them last week stated that they were just leaving Thursday Island for Honolulu. They are expected back in July.
We regret to learn that the eighteenmonths-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Farley, of Frankston, is still in the
late of 80/131 Nepean Highway, Dromana, Retired, deceased.
Creditors, next of kin all and others having claims in respect of the above named deceased, who died on 28 day of April 2024 are required by the trustee HARJINDER SINGH BATH, care of Sharma Solicitors and Conveyancers, 70-72 High Street, Cranbourne, Victoria, 3977 to send particulars of such claims to the trustee care of the undermentioned solicitors by 4 day of July 2025 after which date the trustee may convey or distribute the estate, having regard only to the claims of which the trustee then has notice.
Probate was granted in Victoria on 25 September 2024.
Alfred Hospital. Fortunately, however, a distinct improvement in the child’s condition is reported.
Mr. S. Dobson Hesp, J.P., who died recently at Hobart, was a brother-inlaw of Mrs. Grose, of Wells street, Frankston. He was prominently connected with Victorian Masonic affairs, and was at one time Grand Organist of the Victorian constitution, in addition to editing the Masonic Journal. ***
Enquiries having been made to the Prime Minister (Mr. S. M. Bruce) who is the member for the district, by the Frankston and Hastings Shire Council, regarding the pension of Mr. Hugh Morrison.
A reply was read at the Council meeting on Friday, which stated that Morrison was paid a war pension at the rate assessed from time to time for his disabilities incurred through war injuries.
This had been reviewed from time to time by the medical officers of the Repatriation Department.
Since 1920 he had been paid at twothirds rate, or 56/- a fortnight. He had been admitted to the Caulfield Military Hospital. He suffered from gun-shot wounds in the leg, and his pension had been increased to 84/- a fortnight, from February 19. Upon his discharge from the hospital, he will again be assessed for pension on the amount of disability he is suffering, as a result of his war injuries.
A copy of the letter is to be forwarded to the Returned Soldiers’ League. ***
From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 15 May 1925
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Sorrento Surf Lifesaving Club announces platinum sponsorship with TLC Healthcare
NBA star takes to the court
BASKETBALLERS lining up on court five at the Frankston Basketball Stadium last week got more than they bargained for when Chicago Bulls star Josh Giddey was called in as a replacement player.
Giddey’s NBA season has wrapped up, and he has returned home to Australia. Last week he lined up to play for the Vales Monday Champ Men.
Despite the star power on their side, the Vales’ opponents Bennys Boys locked up a 110-84 win. Blake Jackson scored 50 points and Jesse Lans scored 41.
Despite the defeat Giddey was in good spirits afterwards, stopping to take photos with many interested onlookers who had gathered over the course of the game.
THE Sorrento Surf Lifesaving Club (SLSC) announces a visionary three-year partnership with TLC Healthcare as its Platinum Sponsor.
This $150,000-a-year partnership will significantly assist the Club’s programs and activities. SLSC provides essential lifesaving resources at the very popular Sorrento Back Beach. Together with lifesaver training, competition and the fabulous Nippers program, the SLSC delivers life skills and water safety education to volunteers from the local coastal community of Sorrento.
The partnership arrives at an exciting time for the Club, as construction of the much-needed new clubhouse is set to commence in July. This development marks a significant investment in the future of surf lifesaving, offering a safe, inclusive, and modern facility to ensure the Club thrives.
“TLC Healthcare is proud to partner with the Sorrento Surf Lifesaving Club, a vital community organisation that aligns with our vision of an integrated healthcare model. Our mission to support intergenerational health and well-being is strongly echoed in the Club’s dedication to nurturing the next generation of lifesavers. Together, we’re fostering a safer and healthier community for all,” said Lou Pascuzzi, CEO & Managing Director of TLC Healthcare.
Since it began in 1998, SLSC has become a vital element of the famous Sorrento Back Beach and its gem: the Sorrento Rock Pool. During the patrol season, the safety of swimmers and visitors is carefully monitored by well-trained lifesavers who also provide first aid, etc. The Club’s
training offer also includes a junior surf awareness program (Nippers), which is an integral part of Sorrento SLSC, equipping children ages 7-13 with essential water safety skills, leadership abilities, and a strong sense of community responsibility. This sponsorship will assist more young lifesavers in accessing high-quality training, equipment, and opportunities to grow within the Club.
“Our planned new Club, generously supported by TLC Healthcare, will provide locals and visitors to Sorrento Back Beach with a tremendous level of safety and supervision, ensuring everyone can feel confident when they are at one of Victoria’s busiest surf beaches here at Sorrento. This fully fitted-out emergency services building wouldn’t be possible without the extraordinary support of the Beck Family and sponsors like Lou from TLC,” said Marc Clavin, Vice President SSLSC. Philanthropist Max Beck, who has been instrumental in supporting the Club’s fundraising efforts for the new clubhouse, applauded the commitment of TLC Healthcare: “Lou Pascuzzi and TLC Healthcare are making an extraordinary impact on the future of lifesaving and leadership. This partnership is a testament to their dedication to the local community and unwavering belief in the next generation. It’s a legacy to be truly proud of.”
In addition to financial support, TLC Healthcare will gain prominent brand visibility at Club events, especially across the first aid & emergency equipment and Patrol & Nippers’ apparel, further integrating the organisation into the heart of the Sorrento community.
Cystic fibrosis fundraiser set
AFTER raising more than $8000 for cystic fibrosis research last year, a young rugby fanatic is gearing up to do it all again.
Nine-year-old Spencer Quinnell and his younger brothers Teddy and Stanley have each been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.
Last year Spencer and his parents
organised a charity rugby game in Seaford, which raised around $8500.
The money raised was donated to Cystic Fibrosis Community Care and MonashCF.
On Sunday, 25 May, Peninsula Reserve in Frankston will host Spencer’s second rugby league charity match.
The under 10s kick off at 11am at the masters kick off 12:30pm. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder which impacts the lungs and digestive system.
THE Frankston Raiders at last year’s charity game for cystic fibrosis funding. Picture: Supplied
Grieve gives Pines another go
SOCCER
By Craig MacKenzie
THE revolving door through which senior coaches at Frankston Pines have been passing is spinning once more.
Jason Grieve is the “new” Pines senior coach, the fifth man to grab that poisoned chalice in six months.
However this is Grieve’s second stint in the role taking over from Donn Delaney late last year after the latter joined the committee and most of the senior players in the largest mass exodus from a local club this century.
Grieve didn’t last long though and quit in January so what prompted this change of heart?
“I always kept in touch with the club and they knew I was prepared to help them out if the opportunity arose,” Grieve said.
That opportunity was facilitated by the appointment of Ross Evans as director of football and he has enticed Grieve to return along with the appointment of Cal Peacock as reserves coach.
Peacock has had coaching roles at Box Hill, Chelsea, Barton and Seaford United.
Evans also has been busy recruiting players and there has been a remarkable turnaround in numbers at training since he took over four weeks ago.
When Evans was appointed the seniors had just eight players at training but last week there were 31 there and Evans also has been directly responsible for recruiting six players with more signings expected.
The new players are defender Rohullah Abdul Wahid (from Doveton), winger Enis Baftirovski (ex-Dandenong Thunder and Kingston City), midfielder or defender Marc Gavigan (Collingwood City), midfielder Paymon Azimi (Barton United), winger Massood Mohseni (ex-Casey Comets and Berwick City) and central defender Mohammad Mohammadi.
However Grieve and Pines were unable to build on the point earned the previous week when going down 3-0 at home to Somerville Eagles last Friday night.
The visitors broke through in the 39th minute when a Jake Meggs cross was headed home by Marcus Anastasiou.
A minute late it was 2-0 when Alessio Izzo finished a slick attacking move down the right and four minutes into the second half the contest was over when Jack Gorbert sent a probing ball into the box that caught Pines keeper Caleb Parr out of position and found its way into net.
Nevertheless it was a spirited Pines display and was acknowledged as such by Somerville head coach Mark Larner.
“Despite the result Pines showed resilience and encouraging signs of growth,” Larner said. “Their effort and character throughout the 90 minutes suggest a first win of the season may not be far away.”
In other State 4 news Chelsea lost top spot when going down 3-0 away to Endeavour United last weekend.
Hit on the break three times in the opening halfhour Chelsea’s cause wasn’t helped by injuries to Nathan Boccari and Nathan Gondelle forcing them to be subbed in the first half. Chelsea, Somerville Eagles and Rosebud all re-
main in the top six after round 7 which is crucial to maintaining their status in next year’s league restructure.
Rosebud downed Lyndale United 3-1 on Saturday evening at Olympic Park.
It wasn’t a great display from the home side but goals from Sean Smith, Finn Gregg and Marcus Collier accounted for the visitors.
Baxter remains in the bottom half of the table after last weekend’s 2-1 away loss to FC Noble Hurricanes.
To make matters worse both Keegan Myatt and Duncan McPherson were sent off and will miss this weekend’s home fixture with league leader Endeavour United.
Myatt scored against the Hurricanes but Baxter was livid with the referee who booked seven Baxter players and one Noble Hurricanes player.
In VPL1 news Langwarrin lost 2-1 away to North Sunshine Eagles last weekend.
Langy was the better side in the first half and led at the break after Tosan Popo set up Archie Macphee for a tap-in at the far post in the 24th minute.
North Sunshine had the better of the second period and Langy failed to take a couple of chances to extend its lead while the home side was much more efficient in front of goal.
In State 1 news Mornington hit a road bump on the promotion path in the form of Hampton East Brighton going down 2-1 at Dallas Brooks Park on Saturday.
The visitors took the lead after two minutes when Ahmed Habeeb pounced on Jacob Brito’s under-hit pass and went further ahead after an attempted clearance from Jay Davies fell kindly to Habeeb who rifled it into the bottom corner in the 20th minute.
But Mornington kept pushing forward and was rewarded in the 33rd minute by a stunning strike from James Clark.
The Seagulls had multiple opportunities in the second half to draw level but couldn’t find the fin-
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ishing touch while Hampton was a constant threat on the counter.
In State 2 news Peninsula Strikers grabbed a point from neighbour Skye United with a 94thminute equaliser in their thrilling 2-2 derby clash last weekend at Centenary Park.
Strikers led after just three minutes when Campbell Steedman’s pressure forced a turnover from which the quicksilver striker hit a low shot inside the far post.
Ten minutes later Emmanuel Scarlett made it 1-1 from the penalty spot and the visitors hit the front in the 35th minute when Strikers failed to cut out a Jason Nowakowski free-kick to the far post and Varmah Mgoneh made them pay with a firm, low shot from close range.
Skye looked certain to take the points despite Scarlett being shown a straight red for a behindthe-play incident in the 93rd minute but a minute later it was 2-2.
The visitors were defending desperately only to be undone by a deflected strike from Cooper Andrews from the edge of the area.
Strikers head coach Scott Morrison was bitterly disappointed with his team’s display.
“That was one of the worst performances we’ve produced in my time at the club yet we pinched a point late and should’ve won it with almost the last kick of the game,” he said.
Morrison claimed that Strikers were denied two “stonewall” penalties when Joel Bowen and substitute Jai Power were felled inside the area.
In State 5 news two goals in injury time earned home team Mount Martha a point in its 2-2 draw with Pakenham United on Saturday.
Staring down a two-goal deficit and entering time added the home side never gave up.
In the 92nd minute Mitch Hawkins chased hard and won the ball on the byline.
His quick cross was hammered home by Jacob Platt.
A minute later the home side was rewarded for its press when Seth Cooley smashed the ball home
from the edge of the box for a share of the spoils.
Mount Eliza prevailed 4-1 at home over Casey Panthers in a physical and spirited clash last weekend.
Harrison Battison put the home side in front in the 32nd minute.
Four minutes into the second half Darcy Purcell’s through ball was finished well by Austin Mcewen and Josh Luca made it 3-0 in the 58th minute.
Shortly after Casey hit back through Lochlan Morgan-Banks but Mcewen’s second in the 76th minute following a fine through ball by Ray Amiri rounded off the scoreline and sent Mount Eliza into second spot on the league ladder.
Seaford United moved into third spot after Saturday’s 2-0 home win over Bunyip District.
Blake Hicks and Naseer Mohammad combined to set up Dylan Waugh who scored from close range in the 39th minute.
Two minutes into the second half a Conor Mcfall corner to the back post was headed back across goal by Tristen Stass and Backy Barakzoi’s sweetly struck volley sealed Bunyip’s fate.
Aspendale lost 6-3 away to title favourite Fortuna 60 on Saturday.
The home side was 3-0 up after 20 minutes and although James Macnab pulled a goal back Fortuna struck two more to lead 5-1 at half-time.
Aspendale was a different team in the second half and hit back when stand-in captain Lewis Marco bundled the ball home and Ben Garside fired one in from just outside the box.
Although the visitors continued to push forward Fortuna scored a late goal from a breakaway to complete a convincing win.
NEXT WEEKEND
Friday, 16 May, 8.30pm
Chelsea v Sandown Lions, Edithvale Recreation Reserve
Saturday, 17 May, 3pm
Mornington v Doveton, Dallas Brooks Park
Skye Utd v Mooroolbark, Skye Recreation Reserve
Berwick City v Peninsula Strikers, Jack Thomas Reserve
Baxter v Endeavour Utd, Baxter Park
Monash University v Frankston Pines, Monash University Playing Fields
Lyndale Utd v Somerville Eagles, Lyndale Secondary College
Aspendale v Mount Martha, Aspendale Gardens Sports Ground
Mount Eliza v Cleeland Utd, Emil Madsen Reserve
Pakenham Utd v Seaford Utd, IYU Recreation Reserve
Saturday, 17 May, 6pm
Caroline Springs George Cross v Langwarrin, City Vista Pavilion & Sports Field
Rosebud v Mentone, Olympic Park
In the news: Returning Frankston Pines coach Jason Grieve (left) will be hoping that leading scorer Davey Jones hits the target a few more times this season. Pictures: Paul Seeley
